Braingle: 'Find the Hidden Animals' Brain Teaser

Find the Hidden Animals

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Puzzle ID:	#23645
Fun:	(3.02)
Difficulty:	(1.77)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	metallicman
Corrected By:	deepsea

In each sentence, an animal is concealed. The first sentence has dog concealed. Can you find the others?

1. What shall I do, Gertrude?
2. Asking nutty questions can be most annoying.
3. A gold key is not a common key.
4. Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
5. People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
6. Did I ever tell you, Bill, I once found a dollar?
7. John came late to his arithmetic class.
8. I enjoy listening to music at night.

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castanz Jun 13, 2005	I got all but the Lion one. Great teaser.
broadwaybaby3 Jun 13, 2005	I love stuff like this. The only one I couldn't figure out was the camel. Very good!
positiveneutron Jun 13, 2005	pretty fun teaser
silly_goose Jun 13, 2005	Sweet! I got all but the gnu. Good teaser!
froggygg Jun 14, 2005	Very creative. I got all but the lion. I think the capital I threw me off. (I know, excuses, excuses) Enjoyed this one.
Roxy123 Jun 14, 2005	i didnt get any of them i thought the 2nd 1 weas squirrel and the 7th 1 was chimpanzee so i didnt get any
buttons03 Jun 14, 2005	cool! I liked this one! Make more!
metallicman Jun 24, 2005	Thanks for your comments. EBU!!
zigthepig Jun 28, 2005	what's a gnu?
(user deleted) Jun 29, 2005	Nice one! I got all answers exept the Gnu. I am not very familiar with it. But it was very funa nd challenging
Question_Mark Jul 02, 2005	I didn't get it . No seriously, I didn't . I mean the rest of you got it . Well, I did get the lion . This teaser made me MAD! ( ).
zigthepig Jul 02, 2005	doesnt anyone know what a gnu is????
zigthepig Jul 02, 2005	doesnt anyone know what a gnu is????
blondie0910 Jul 10, 2005	I really liked this one...because i got it. AND...Either of two large African antelopes (Connochaetes gnou or C. taurinus) having a drooping mane and beard, a long tufted tail, and curved horns in both sexes. Also called wildebeest
trickster2005 Jul 13, 2005	I found all of them. I'm so happy! it only took 2 minutes and patience.
jflan Jul 14, 2005	The gnu was the only one I did get! This was hard for me, but very creative.
jabdr Jul 14, 2005	I loved it. Great job.
babygurl4949 Jul 14, 2005	i liked it! didnt get the camel and the gnu still lots of fun
ceeyaaa Jul 14, 2005	I liked it...got all but lion Just could not see it
WaterOz Jul 14, 2005	Wooohooo... I'm the man. I got all of them! Okay, so I'm sure I'm not the only one, but most of you posters said you missed at least one... Woohoo!
sftball_rocks13 Jul 14, 2005	good teaser i got them all except for lion and gnu (what in the world is a gnu :lol
Kukmiester Jul 14, 2005	I loved this teaser... please do more like it! BTW, a Gnu is another name for a Wildebeast...
StOoPs Jul 14, 2005	This was so fun! I got everyone but the one with "lion" . . . I kept seeing billion there, but I can't believe I didn't see lion in it . . . Send more like it! These are so fun!
bosox4ever Jul 14, 2005	What's gnu? Not much, what's gnu with you? Great teaser...got them all, but I cheated...I eliminated the spaces between the words and looked at the line of letters!
dtaggart Jul 14, 2005	I gnu I knew what a gnu was..... Was I the only one to miss beaver?
kgripp Jul 14, 2005	I've never even heard of a Gnu before. Needless to say I missed that one. Took me a while but I got the rest. Good JOB!!!
redneck_woman Jul 14, 2005	Enjoyed this one ... I got them all!
sweetni Jul 14, 2005	i finally got ine right. 2 actally . it was pretty ez .
__NK__Fire Jul 14, 2005	i only got 3 counting dog gnu and lion
carolina_bug Jul 14, 2005	Great teaser, I got 4 of them and I thought that bearver was actually horse(Horace-a play a the pronuciation)
gigglebot Jul 14, 2005	Loved this one! i got all of them ....well, exept the gnu one . that was a gr8 teaser.good job
MTK_90 Jul 14, 2005	I DONT GET THIS AT ALL
neomajic Jul 14, 2005	Good Teaser! I got all of them. A Gnu is like a yak. I remember as a kid there was a tv program called "the Great Space Coaster", and in it there a character named "Gary Gnu", who was of course a Gnu. GNU is also a heavily used term in the UNIX/Open Source arena. www.gnu.org GNU: def. Recursive acronymn for "GNU's Not UNIX!"
lisha_kc Jul 14, 2005	uhm...I feel incredibaly stupid (if I spelled incredibaly wrong then I feel more stupid) because I didnt get one...I looked at it for about a minute then gave up and looked at the answers... .......
lisha_kc Jul 14, 2005	uhm...I feel incredibaly stupid (if I spelled incredibaly wrong then I feel more stupid) because I didnt get one...I looked at it for about a minute then gave up and looked at the answers... .......
lisha_kc Jul 14, 2005	and now I am totally embarrased because I pushed add comment twice...ah me...
kellyc_12_2004 Jul 14, 2005	I take it that I am retarded. Am I the only one who missed cat? And I missed camel but there were people who said that they missed that one too. YEA! I only missed two out of eight. 75%.
angeleyes_7 Jul 14, 2005	Got them all but the gnu. Never heard of it. Good job!
poison_ivy Jul 14, 2005	The gnu was very tricky and cleverly hidden. This was a great teaser! I got them all!
luckyseven Jul 14, 2005	It was fun but i didnt like it
smurfy Jul 14, 2005	I really liked that one. Make more please! I didn't know what a gnu was, but I got all of the others. It took me a while, but it was worth the time!
skimela Jul 15, 2005	got all but the gnu. dont actually know what that is, but great teaser!
sambean Jul 15, 2005	I couldn't find that gnu one. what animal is that?
greendayrocks52 Jul 17, 2005	good one nice
pawz73 Aug 03, 2005	My kind of teasers. Got 'em all except the camel, which I thought was "ass" (you know, a donkey). Fun & games!
sweetime Aug 31, 2005	hehe, i love these tinman they remind me of the ones i used to do when i was a kid very clever!
smarty_blondy Oct 02, 2005	Cute teaser, keep them coming.
metallicman Nov 21, 2005	Well, thanks all of you, this is my best teaser so far. Some good comments, thanks a bunch.
metallicman Nov 21, 2005	Well, thanks all of you, this is my best teaser so far. Some good comments, thanks a bunch.
hamburger Dec 14, 2005	Nice teaser! Keep 'em comin'
zonarita Dec 27, 2005	Fun teaser - shared it with the family and all had a great time figuring out the animals. Thanks for the fun activity. I look forward to seeing more of your teasers.
Sherilyn Jan 06, 2007	nice work! very creative!
ciotog Jan 06, 2007	Excellent teaser! Easy but fun! For those who don't know what a gnu is, here's a video of one in action: http://www.tgscoaster.com/char/gnu/gnuv1.wmv
coachpisco Jan 06, 2007	EXCELLENT! I loved it.
puttumup Jan 06, 2007	very nice ..i only got a couple ..but after i saw the answers i should have got them all
Starberry Jan 06, 2007	Awesome challenge! Got everything but the "gnu".
feste Jan 06, 2007	You can read no 9 as tomcat. Crossword puzzlers would have no trouble with gnu, even though its an old word(1777)
enjaytee Jan 06, 2007	For those of you having trouble with this kind of puzzle, write the sentence out with no spaces and then try to forget what it says. Works almost every time.
Pizzazz2u Jan 06, 2007	Totally Awesome teaser! Enjoy the challenge of finding the answer to ANY and ALL of the different teasers. Keep up with the animal scheme and maybe throw in a twist or two You have to attack and make your interest in these puzzles Don't expect the answers to just fal into your laps. Look up those questional clues and find those answers.
bradon182001 Jan 06, 2007	Thanks for the tip enjaytee. I'll remember that for the future, since I had a lot of trouble with this one. Great teaser, btw, made me really work my brain.
I_Write_Books Jan 06, 2007	I, too, missed lion. I think the capital "I" really throws people off. Anyway, nice teaser!
nightpuppy Jan 06, 2007	that was pretty tricky good job!!!
Trishgal Jan 06, 2007	liked it and got them all right . I like this type of puzzle. Thx. Wpuld love to see more.
lmurray Jan 06, 2007	ONCE AGAIN, AND AS USUAL, I AM THE NEY SAYER. ABSOLUTELY NO CHALLENGE. WITHIN A STRING OF LETTERS, PICK OUT THE NAMES OF ANIMALS, HOW TOUGH IS THAT? SORRY, BUT BORING
jabdr Jan 06, 2007	A year later and I still liked this one. Didn't get lion but that's a comment on my memory, not the teaser!
auntiesis Jan 06, 2007	Good way to introduce youngsters to brain teasers. My Grandkids wil love it. Thanks
jcann Jan 06, 2007	I really like these. As a teacher I have been using these kinds of exercises for fun things to do when you get your work done. I didn't get "gnu" either even though I knew what a gnu is.
amb1912 Jan 06, 2007	cool good job
vanoosha Jan 06, 2007	Good teaser! I enjoyed it.
katjojo Jan 06, 2007	I got them all!!!
heyman Jan 06, 2007	Number 7 could also be "ass" as in the word "class".
ljsamona Jan 06, 2007	I got all of them except for Gnu--I've never even heard of that animal!
wandering_goat Jan 06, 2007	Easy and fun teaser. The sentences themselves have a certain understated hilarity to them.
POPS Jan 06, 2007	That was fun really enjoyable,give us more.
sand_rat Jan 06, 2007	I really, really, really, really loved this. It was pretty easy for me, but I enjoyed it so much! I thought it was Gnut, because I have never heard of a Gnu or a Gnut (which is probably non existant)
Qrystal Jan 07, 2007	I found this teaser enjoyable, and not too easy to be over too quickly. I found all the animals, getting better at finding them as I progressed. Gnu was the toughest, but eventually I did find it. Yay!
spoiledrotten Jan 07, 2007	I liked it i thought it was sort of challenging but then again ya know I am sort of a blonde so everything is challenging......lol
Cat-Lady Jan 07, 2007	No matter I many times I read clue 2, I just couldn't find gnu Great teaser
wordmama Jan 08, 2007	I got them all in about a minute, but I've said before the language category is usually my strong suit... very enjoyable even if easy. Thanks for the fun, metallicman!
Blondie116 Jan 12, 2007	loved it
speedqueenkmw Jan 13, 2007	got em all. good fun.
vlerma Jan 17, 2007	Great job. Lots of fun. More please?
lkp68 Jun 06, 2007	Good one! Had to work a bit at 2 and 4, but got them all eventually. Took about 5 minutes total. Great teaser to switch up my day!
jbhat Jan 06, 2010	cool teaser--i could figure like, two of em out
patiencewithaP Jan 06, 2010	Great teaser! I missed camel though...thought it was ass. Thanks!
UptheHill Jan 06, 2010	WHAT!!!
Babe Jan 06, 2013	I got them all. It took a little while on # 2, but perserverance paid off and I got it. Good One!
kitty-cat Jan 06, 2013	I got them all! Good teaser - I like the addition of "gnu," which was a nice contrast to the rest of them, which were common animals. I only know the word gnu because it's great for Scrabble.